Students receiving English/Language Arts awards, from left to right, were: Tayden Cook, Ryder Herron, Quentin Jackson, Dylan Lair, Emma Teten, Norah Watkins, and Skylar Stoner.
Wayne Moore presented Top Calculus Students Awards to Colten Stevens and Kate Ottmann.
Aubrey Watkins, left, received the Outstanding Senior Female Athlete and Colten Stevens, right, received the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete Award.
The MSHAA Award of Excellence Top Female and Male Athlete Awards went to Aubrey Watkins, left, and Christian Sticken, right.
Colten Stevens, right, passed the Student Council Key to Caleb Lucas, the 2022-23 Student Council president.
The Rock Port R-II Junior High and High School awards assembly was held May 11, 2022. The following is a list of honorees and the awards presented:
Mary Kahn presented the American Legion Citizenship Award to Christian Sticken and Aubrey Watkins.
Jaque Gayle Gebhards presented the Milton Reid Award to Aubrey Watkins.
Kerri Acton Rodriguez presented: Outstanding Achievement in 7th Grade English Language Arts (an A every quarter) – Desmond Chaney, Audrey Dougherty, Morgan Garst, Dayton Hays, Jackson Meyerkorth, Claire Miller, Tatum Vogler, and Mya Welch; Excellence in English 7th Grade English Language Arts (highest percentage) – Landrey Kelly; Outstanding Achievement in 8th Grade English Language Arts (an A every quarter) – Tayden Cook, Ryder Herron, Quentin Jackson, Dylan Lair, Emma Teten, and Norah Watkins; Excellence in English 8th Grade English Language Arts (Highest Percentage) – Skyler Stoner; Excellence in Applied Communications (highest percentage) – Christian Sticken; Outstanding Achievement in Senior Research (an A every quarter) – Katelynn Ottmann and Carsyn Sybert; Excellence in Senior Research (highest percentage) – Aubrey Watkins.
Dylan Dittman presented the following Highest Grades Awards: American Government – Jayden Krutz (1st Semester), Aidan Burke (2nd Semester); American History – Bannack Skillen (1st and 2nd Semesters); History of the West – Caleb Palmer (1st Semester), Malachi Skillen (2nd Semester).
Carrie Driskell presented the following awards: Outstanding Achievement in 7th grade math (an A all 4 quarters) – Morgan Garst, Landrey Kelly, Gabe Gebhards, Jack Meyerkorth, and Tatum Vogler; Outstanding Achievement in 8th Grade Math (an A all 4 quarters) – Tayden Cook, Quentin Jackson, Dylan Lair, Skylar Stoner, and Norah Watkins; Excellence in 7th Grade Math (highest percentage) – Gabe Gebhards; Excellence in 8th Grade Math (highest percentage) – Dylan Lair
Shauna Farmer recognized the Peer Counselors: Ryan Bradley, Erika Elam, Holden Farmer, Kate Ottmann, Colten Stevens, and Aubrey Watkins, seniors; Aidan Burke, Morgan Cofer, Phillip Herron, Caleb Lucas, and Kylie Nuckolls, juniors; Rylee Jenkins, Reed Miller, Bannack Skillen, Clint Steffen, and Chaney Vogler, sophomores; Cali Driskell, Jaymes, Herron, Ryan Lucas, Avery Meyerkorth, and Payten Shrader, freshmen; Tayden Cook, Quentin Jackson, Dylan Lair, Keira Roup and Emma Teten, eighth grade; Westyn Amthor, Gabe Gebhards, Landrey Kelly, Jack Meyerkorth, Claire Miller and Tatum Vogler, seventh grade.
Eighth Grade Presidential Academic Excellence Awards were presented to Tayden Cook, Ryder Herron, Dylan Lair, Skylar Stoner, Emma Teten, and Norah Watkins
Eighth Grade Presidential Academic Achievement Awards were presented to Jacoby Driskell, Quentin Jackson, and Keira Roup.
Student Council officers were: Colten Stevens, president; Tayleigh Huntley, vice-president; Aubrey Watkins, secretary; Holden Farmer, treasurer; Caleb Lucas, junior; Bannack Skillen and Rylee Jenkins, sophomores; Corbyn Jakub and Cali Driskell, freshmen; Norah Watkins and Dylan Lair, eighth grade; Jack Meyerkorth and Brylea Shrader, seventh grade
Stephen Gaines presented Junior High Participation Awards. Outstanding Junior High Wrestlers were Ryder Herron and Dylan Lair.
Tiffanie Gaines presented the following FBLA awards: Public Service Announcement-Dylan Kemerling, 1st place district, 9th place state; Business Communication – Aubrey Watkins, 2nd place district, 9th place state; Intro to FBLA – Payten Shrader, 5th place district (state qualifier); Sales Presentation – Avery Meyerkorth and Payten Shrader, 2nd place district; Sports & Entertainment Management – Carter Gebhards and Malachi Skillen, 4th place district.
Mrs. Gaines also presented the following business awards: Computer Applications – Jaymes Herron; Accounting I – Kenny Brion and Macie Hale; Personal Finance – Brecken Kelly, Chaney Vogler, and Jaysa Welch; Programming – Bannack Skillen and Sara Newbanks; Computer Tech 7 – Landrey Kelly and Jack Meyerkorth; Computer Tech 8 – Dylan Lair and Jacoby Driskell; 7th Grade Typing Awards (>=40 wpm) – Desmond Chaney, Brylea Shrader, Mya Welch, Morgan Garst, Justin Kuhns, Jack Meyerkorth, Case Millsap, and Brock Sebek-Holmes; 8th Grade Typing Awards (>=50 wpm) – Jacoby Driskell, Ryder Herron, and Norah Watkins
Trudy Herron presented the following science awards: Anatomy – High Score, Aubrey Watkins; All A’s (95% or above all 4 quarters): Tayleigh Huntley, Kierstyn Jakub, Katelynn Ottmann, Carsyn Sybert, and Aubrey Watkins; Chemistry I – High Score, Katelynn Ottmann; All A’s: Kierstyn Jakub, Katelynn Ottmann, and Carsyn Sybert; Biology – High Score 1st Hour, Aidan Burke; High Score 5th Hour, Anneliese Clauson; All A’s: Aidan Burke, Morgan Cofer, Jarrett Hunter, Jayden Krutz, Mikayla Makings, Kylie Beasing, Kenneth Brion, Anneliese Clauson, and Phillip Herron; Integrated Chemistry – High Score 2nd Hour, Bannack Skillen; High Score 4th Hour, Ozey Hurst; All A’s: Ozey Hurst, Rylee Jenkins, Bannack Skillen, Chaney Vogler, and Jaysa Welch
Michelle Hogue presented math awards: Geometry/Algebra II – A’s both semesters: Jaysa Welch, Rylee Jenkins, Bannack Skillen, Chaney Vogler, and Reed Miller; A’s one semester: Carter Gebhards, Peyton Lager, Ozey Hurst, and Brentyn Herron; Algebra 1 – A’s both semesters: Bayleigh Cooper, Jaymes Herron, Ryan Lucas, Zane Cook, and Malachi Skillen; A’s one semester: Jaylynn Garst, Cali Driskell, Caleb Palmer; Algebra 1A – A’s both semesters: Addison Maifeld; A’s one semester: Lilly Pankau and Ryan Paris; Algebra 1B/Consumer Math – A’s both semesters: Kyler Hughes; A’s one semester: Jayden Krutz.
Rachel Jenkins presented the following science awards: Highest Grade Percentage – Desmond Chaney (7th grade), Dylan Lair (8th grade), Malachi Skillen (9th grade); Outstanding Grade Percentage – Jack Meyerkorth (7th grade), Quentin Jackson (8th grade), Payten Shrader (9th grade).
Dalton Jones presented Social Studies awards for highest grades to Norah Watkins (8th grade), Dayton Hays and Jack Meyerkorth (7th grade), and Current Events – Avery Meyerkorth and Claire Spiegel.
Jackie Miller presented Spanish awards: 7th grade Spanish – Audrey (Adela) Dougherty, Jackson (Fernando) Meyerkorth, Tatum (Elena) Vogler, and Mya (María) Welch; 8th grade Spanish – Norah (Ana) Watkins, Skylar (Isabel) Stoner, Tayden (José) Cook, Ryder (José) Herron, Dylan (Juan) Lair, and Ella (Dolores) Meyerkorth; Spanish 1 – Malachi (Julio) Skillen, and Cali (Carmen) Driskell; Spanish 2 – Bannack (Ramón) Skillen; Rylee (Lucía) Jenkins, and Chaney (Elena) Vogler; Spanish 3 – Certificate of Excellence for Anneliese (Carolina) Clauson; Spanish 4 – Certificate of Excellence for Aubrey (Clara) Watkins.
Wayne Moore presented math awards to the following: Trigonometry top students – Mikayla Makings, Anneliese Clauson, Aidan Burke, and Kenny Brion; College Algebra top students – Kate Ottmann, Colten Stevens, Aubrey Watkins, and Kierstyn Jakub; Calculus top students – Colten Stevens and Kate Ottmann.
Abby Palmer presented the following: Band Letter 1st year – Lilly Pankau, Arianna Shimmel, Makaila Pruett, Avery Meyerkorth, Addison Maifeld, Ryan Lucas, Claire Spiegel, Jaymes Herron, and Anden Cohn; Band Letter 2nd year – Christian Sticken, Abby Minino, Alisha Lomax, and Brentyn Herron; Band Letter 3rd year – Kylie Beasing, Anneliese Clauson, and Sara Newbanks; Choir Letter 1st year – Arianna Shimmel, Makaila Pruett, Caitlyn Casey, and Hadleigh Jones; Choir Letter 4th year – Corwyn Herron
Jennifer Rueckert presented the Outstanding Freshman Artist Award to Jaylynn Garst. Ryder Herron received the Outstanding Junior High Artist Award.
Amy Skillen presented the Truman Readers Award to Jack Meyerkorth.
Donnie Parsons recognized the 275 Conference Athletes: Aidan Burke, Anneliese Clauson, Caleb Lucas, and Aubrey Watkins.
Mr. Parsons also presented the MSHAA Award of Excellence – Top Male and Female Athletes to Christian Sticken and Aubrey Watkins.
Aubrey Watkins received the Outstanding Senior Female Athlete and Colten Stevens received the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete Award.
The Employee of the Year Award was presented to Debbie Young.
Colten Stevens, last year’s Student Council president, passed the Student Council Key to Caleb Lucas, the 2022-23 Student Council president.
